A couple of student-athletes at the University of Houston are in hot water for mocking a notorious lynching site in a video that subsequently circulated widely on social media, prompting some students to say they’re not surprised by their classmates’ insensitive behavior. 

The camera focuses on a tree in the distance, then moves to Jackson—a graduate student in the business school—who is driving, then shifts to Theut—a senior—who’s sitting behind Jackson and filming the location on her phone. The video continuously loops the footage of Jackson and Theut laughing during the ride. It is not clear who filmed Theut and Jackson’s reactions, but the anonymous Twitter account alleged freshman volleyball player Ryleigh Whitekettle uploaded it to her Snapchat.

“The real problem is people are going to overlook this situation with the typical, ‘We are so sorry. We are not racist.’ This is the time to finally make the right decision to take steps into ending this. It’s been over 400 years and we’re still ignorant to the fact it still happens,” One student tweeted.

Source –  DailyBeast